2017 SALT Fall Advocacy Conference Hosted by SPIA-VIU

Join us for this upcoming event to be hosted by the SPIA-VIU.

2017 SALT FALL ADVOCACY CONFERENCE 
Saturday November 11, 2017
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Virginia International University

Conference Room (VD 301)
4401 Village Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

“Call to Solidarity with Virginia’s Vulnerable Citizens:
A Conference on Public Social Policy”

Welcome: John Horejsi, Social Action Linking Together
(SALT)
Invocation: Dr. Klara Bilgin, Dean, School of Public and
International Affairs, Virginia International University
(VIU)

Keynote Speaker: Sister Simone Campbell, “21st
Century Poverty: Truth, Soundbites & Needed Federal
Action"

Presentations:
Delegate Ken Plum, “Advocacy is moving to the state and
local levels, Are you moving with it”

Gay Gardner, Interfaith Action for Human Rights (IAHR),
“Making Solitary Confinement Truly a Last Resort”

SPIA Students tour Congress and Visit Senator Tim Kaine's Office

On Friday, October 13 SPIA Students toured the Capitol, sat at the U.S. House of Representatives and visited the offices of Senator Tim Kaine where they met with his legislative corespondents, Ms. Portia Boon and Andrew Kalaris. Our next tour will be the United Nations headquarters in New York City in early November.